Things Oily Girls Know to be True

Sometimes it’s hard to be an oily girl in the wonderful world of makeup.  While the majority of your friends are struggling to find a decent moisturizer, your off buying stock in blotting papers and praying your eyeliner stays were it belongs!  As an oily girl, I feel your struggle!!  I thought it would be fun to have some of my favorite makeup artists and YouTube stars help explain the struggle.  They have better facial expressions than I ever could hope for, plus they are pros who just know how to get the job done!  You can admire their flawless makeup while you contemplate the struggles!  Hopefully, these make you giggle…….whether you’re oily or not!  In order of appearance:

Jaclyn Hill

Alex Faction

Manny MUA

Patrick Starr

Jeffree Star

• When you’re friends are raving about a new highlighter, but you know if you tried it, you’d end up looking like you rubbed all the body glitter off a stripper…..with your face!

 

• This list of products you trust on your (probably) acne prone skin

 

• When you realize that other people’s makeup stays on their face…..where they want it……all day….until they take it off

 

• When you want to follow this philosophical advice, but it’s hard given the amount of eyeshadow primer you have to use

 

• When you know you’ve gotta treat your face like a doughnut, and powder that baby into submission

 

• When your cleansing routine will make or break your life

 

• When you know that strategic lighting will minimize that oil slick shine

 

• When you buy….and then bathe in setting sprays hoping for small miracles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When your friends start shopping for wrinkle creams, and you can finally feel the balance of power shifting in your direction

 

• When you look matte for the first 10-20 magical minutes and it’s got you feeling yourself

 

• The way you’re afraid your makeup might look by the end of a particularly oily day

 

• When you get excited about a new product and then you hear, “If you have oily skin…..you’re probably not going to like this.”

 

• When you find a magical product that stays on flawlessly all day

 

• When you know you can always justify buying more lip products, because they will never betray you